Deputy AG Rosenstein to hold press conference Fri for "major cyber law enforcement announcement."

[MelissaB]

"Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and other law enforcement officials will hold a press conference Friday, March 23, 2018 for a major cyber law enforcement announcement."

Link to tweet

It could be quite the interesting day tomorrow.

[MelissaB]

1. Some other interesting tweets about this tomorrow

The assistant AG for national security and Treasury's top intelligence official will be at this event. If I had to guess, I'd say this will be indictments of some state-backed hackers.

The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York will be there too. The Southern District includes Wall Street. Could be charges in a major bank hacking case?

Link to tweet

[blake2012]

2. Guessing financial crimes as well

[OnDoutside]

10. Don't forget that Berman is the Trump appointed SDNY replacement for Preet Bharara. Is this why

Trump suddenly, to his surprise, appointed Bolton after 5pm last night ?

[backtoblue]

3. Wonder if he'll address the NRA involvement..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142021370

CA is a tool for billionaire oligarchs.

[MelissaB]

4. Could have to do w/ new Guccifer info

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210397629

[flibbitygiblets]

5. Well well well, it was Russia after all...

My shocked face

[ToxMarz]

6. Please frog march Zuckerberg

[renegade000]

7. Dropping the Guccifer 2.0 story can't be coincidence...

Though the presence of Financial Intelligence and a U.S. Attorney for the SDNY makes me wonder what the Manhattan connection is.

Maybe stuff about Alfa Bank and its backchannel to Trump tower too?

[nitpicker]

8. Don't get too excited about the potential press conference

The subordinates under Rosenstein all have fighting-terrorism backgrounds (except fir the SDNY district attorney).

I would view this as "our cyber efforts prevented/resolved terrorism".

But in my reading of DoJ PRs, the Southern District of New York is where many major financial crimes are prosecuted.

It may be "millions of dollars were fraudulently obtained in efforts to support terrorists".

Or "our cyber efforts broke up efforts to fund terrorists".

See https://www.justice.gov/usao/pressreleases for DoJ PRs.

And for SDNY releases, https://www.justice.gov/usao/pressreleases?f%5B0%5D=field_pr_component%3A1981 .

[pnwmom]

9. True. But why wouldn't Sessions be there?

[OnDoutside]

11. Fair point, if it was positive for Trump, Sessions would be there. That said, Trump appointee Berman

will be there.

[Hortensis]

12. Treasury'll be there. Cryptocurrency sanctions?